I submitted a post a short time ago regarding transports. People keep forgetting that Pioneer Elite (yes, that Pioneer) series were incredibly overbuilt and as transports they really are wonderful and can be had for very little. As I mentione in a previous post, I compared the DV-09, DV-37, DV-38A and McIntosh Labs MS 300 Music server acting as a transport. The DV-09 won hands down. This thing, as I mentioned earlier, is actually built like a tank and rated high-end classification. This is an absolutely wonderful transport and can be found for less than $200.
I love the older elite series with the wood grain panels. As a transport only, they are wonderful and since digital gear changes daily, as long as you don't need HDMI for a DVD player, you can't lose. I recently purchased a DV 79AVi unit for my home theater setup and it has HDMI and actually sounds wonderful also. I didn't include it in the comparison. I can't use Blue Ray yet. Not ready for $30 per disc.
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I love the older elite series with the wood grain panels. As a transport only, they are wonderful and since digital gear changes daily, as long as you don't need HDMI for a DVD player, you can't lose. I recently purchased a DV 79AVi unit for my home theater setup and it has HDMI and actually sounds wonderful also. I didn't include it in the comparison. I can't use Blue Ray yet. Not ready for $30 per disc.
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